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Guests Kurt Andersen, Andres du Bouchet, Elephant Larry and
Jonathan Coulton. Kurt Andersen is the host of PRI's "Studio
360" and was the co-founder of Spy Magazine. Andrew du
Bouchet is a New York comedian. Elephant Larry are a sketch
comedy group, also from New York. Jonathan Coulton sings
songs, and I believe lives in Connecticut.

Guests V. Vale and Josh Karp. V. Vale is the legendary
underground publisher behind Re/Search Publications, a series of
zine-like books on the counter-culture. Josh Karp's new book
examines the history of the National Lampoon, and how it changed
American comedy.

From the Kasper Hauser Comedy Podcast. I'm producing a podcast for our friends in Kasper Hauser, and I thought I'd share this hilarious video with you. Their book "SkyMaul" is in stores, and it's hilarious. I personally reccomend it extremely highly.

Guests Chris Elliott and Terry Gilliam. Chris Elliott is
an actor and author, best known for his work on "Get A Life" and
"Late Night with David Letterman. Terry Gilliam is a
filmmaker and member of Monty Python's Flying Circus.

Guests Matmos and Dan Levitin. Matmos are avante-garde
electronic music artists, who create music from non-musical
sound. Dan Levitin is a neuroscientist, and the author of
"This Is Your Brain on Music: The Science of a Human
Obsession."

Guests John Hodgman and Jonathan Coulton. Our guests
were college classmates, and remain close friends today.
Hodgman is an author and is regularly seen on The Daily Show.
Coulton is a comic singer-songwriter.

Guests Joe Flaherty & Allison Silverman. Joe Flaherty
was a cast member on the seminal sketch comedy program SCTV.
Allison Silverman is the Emmy-winning co-head writer and
supervising producer of The Colbert Report.

Guests Merrill Markoe and Caleb Crain. Merrill Markoe is
the author of the novel "Walking in Circles Before Lying Down," and
was co-creator of "Late Night with David Letterman." Caleb
Crain writes for the New Yorker; we speak with him about the Mass
Observation movement of the 1930s and 40s.

Guests Patton Oswalt and Masta Ace. Patton Oswalt is a
standup-comic, the creator of "The Comedians of Comedy," and the
co-star of CBS' The King of Queens; he is also star of the upcoming
Pixar film "Ratatouille." Masta Ace is a hip-hop legend and
original member of the Juice Crew.

Guests The Flaming Lips' Michael Ivins and Lawrence
Weschler. Michael Ivins is a bassist and idea man with The
Flaming Lips. Lawrence Weschler is a long-time New Yorker
writer, Pulitzer Prize finalist, and author of "Everything That
Rises: A Book of Convergences."

Guests Dave Attell and Michael Showalter. Dave Attell is a
celebrated standup comedian, and the former host of Comedy
Central's Insomniac. Michael Showalter is best know for his
work on MTV's The State and Comedy Central's Stella; he also wrote
and directed the feature film The Baxter.

Guests Chuck Klosterman and Dave Foley. Klosterman is the
author of "Killing Yourself to Live" and other pop-culture
commentary. Foley is a member of The Kids in the Hall, and
was the star of the sitcom Newsradio and the Pixar film A Bug's
Life.

Guests Davy Rothbart and Jason Bitner. Davy Rothbart is
editor of Found Magazine, a compendium of lossed and tossed
documents and items. Jason Bitner is co-editor, and the
editor of the book LaPorte, Indiana.

Guests Doug Martsch of Built to Spill and Bill Plympton.
Bill Plympton is the Oscar-nominated animator of numerous short
films. Doug Martsch is the frontman of Built to Spill, one of
the indie rock world's most influential bands.

Guests Henry Owings and George Saunders. Henry Owings is
the editor of Chunklet Magazine; we talk about their new
publication, "The Overrated Book: The Only Book You'll Ever
Need." George Saunders is an acclaimed satirist, we talk
about his new book of short stories, "In Persuasion Nation."

Guests Matt Walsh and Charlie Todd of Improv Everywhere.
Matt Walsh the star of the Comedy Central series Dog Bites Man, and
a former correspondent on the Daily Show and co-founder of the
Upright Citizens Brigade. Charlie Todd is the creator of the
street prank group Improv Everywhere.

Guests Paul F. Tompkins, Tim & Eric and Will Franken.
Tim & Eric are the creators of the Cartoon Network [adult swim]
series Tom Goes to the Mayor. Paul F. Tompkins is a standup,
and has been a regular on series including The Daily Show, Best
Week Ever, Mr. Show and Real Time with Bill Maher. Will
Franken was recently chosen "Best Comedian" in San Francisco by the
SF Weekly.

Guests John Vanderslice, Xeni Jardin and Mark
Frauenfelder. Mark Frauenfelder and Xeni Jardin are among the
co-authors of Boing-Boing.net, the weblog visited by 1.75 million
people every day. John Vanderslice is a recording artist,
producer, and recording studio owner who has worked with MK Ultra,
Spoon and The Mountain Goats. His Tiny Telephone Recordings
is the country's premier all-analog recording studio.

Guests Dan Clowes and Annabelle Hurwitch. Dan Clowes is
the screenwriter of the film "Art School Confidential," which is
based on a short comic story from his anthology series
Eightball. Eightball was also the birthplace of "Ghost
World." Annabelle Hurwitch is the former host of TBS' "Dinner
and a Movie," and the author of "Fired," a collection of firing
stories from "entertaining people," including David Cross, Felicity
Huffman, and Robert Reich. Also: a comedy sketch from Free
Love Forum.

Guest Brian Posehn. We're joined by comedian, writer and
actor Brian Posehn (Mr. Show, Just Shoot Me, Seinfeld, Newsradio,
Comedians of Comedy). We talk about his long career in
comedy. Plus comedy from Todd Barry, Meat, Hard n Phirm,
Jonathan Coulton, and Flight of the Conchords.

Guests Philip Lopate, Sharon Waxman and Sean Uyehara.
Philip Lopate is the editor of the Library of America's Anthology
of American Film Criticism. Sharon Waxman is Hollywood
reporter for the New York Times and author of "Rebels on the
Backlot," which examines the indie film explosion of the
mid-90s. Sean Uyehara is a programmer for the San Francisco
International Film Festival. Also: a message from Jen
Kirkman.

Guests Jonathan Katz and Jonathan Goldstein. Jonathan Katz
is a comedian, and the co-creator and star of "Dr. Katz,
Professional Therapist." Jonathan Goldstein is an acclaimed
radio producer (This American Life, Wiretap) and the author of the
novel "Lenny Bruce is Dead."

Guest Jimmy Pardo. Jimmy Pardo is a nationally headlining
comedian and the former host of "National Lampoon's Funny Money"
and AMC's "Movies At Our House." His long-running stage talk
show "Running Your Trap" is a fixture in Los Angeles. He also
recently began podcasting.

Guest Andrew WK. This week is our last broadcast from our
long-time home base, KZSC in Santa Cruz. We bid an
affectionate farewell to the station with two of our favorite
segments from our six years in Santa Cruz. The first is a
chat with Andrew WK -- he talks about his philosophy of life, and
offers some rock & roll advice to Jesse's younger brother
Brendan. Then, we hear the original old time radio-style
serial "Mace Detective, Private Detective." Mace investigates
the mystery of Popinjay's Whizbang, when he's not being distracted
by Goofus & Gallant. Also: a brand new sketch from the
Kasper Hauser Skit Club.

Guest Simon Reynolds. This week our theme is "Rip It Up
& Start Again," and we investigate the history of Post-Punk
music.

Our guest is Simon
Reynolds, a British pop music critic, and the author of the
book which gives our show its name. His book aims to retrofit the
reputation of the rock music of the early 80s, describing the
sonically disparate artists who created something new in the wake
of the first punk movement's self-destruction.

Guests Jim Gaffigan and the creators of Wonder Showzen.
Jim Gaffigan is an actor and comedian who's been seen in films like
"Super Troopers," and is one of the most popular touring comics in
America. John Lee and Vernon Chatman created Wonder Showzen,
one of the most bizarre, dark, and hilarious half-hours on
television.

Guests Maira Kalman and George Pelecanos. This week, two looks
at style. Maira Kalman created lyrical illustrations of the classic
writing handbook The Elements of Style. George Pelecanos is a noted
crime author, and a writer/producer for HBO's The Wire.

Guests Terry Jones and Dino Stamatopoulos. Terry Jones is a
founding member of Monty Python, as well as an author, historian,
actor and director. We talk about Python and all that other stuff.
Dino Stamatopolous is the creator of Moral Orel on Cartoon
Network's [adult swim], and a former writer for Conan O'Brien, Mr.
Show, and the Ben Stiller Show.

Guests Nick Adams and Calvin Levels. Nick Adams is a comedian
and the author of the new book "Making Friends with Black People."
Calvin Levels is a Tony-nominated actor and the star of the one-man
show "James Baldwin: Go Tell It On the Mountain."

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Guests Chris Hardwick and Patton Oswalt. A classic from the
vaults of The Sound of Young America featuring two of our best
comedian pals... Chris Hardwick is half of Hard N Phirm, and the
former host of Singled Out on MTV. Patton Oswalt is a co-star of
CBS' The King of Queens, and the creator of The Comedians of
Comedy. Both talk about their comedy, Chris talks about how he
ended up hosting "Shipmates," and Patton talks about his passion
for deep-fried Mac and Cheese.

This Monty Python footage hasn't been seen in over 30 years. Originally broadcast on Dallas' PBS affiliate KERA the day after Holy Grail was released, and discovered only recently. The nice folks at KERA and the Python organization were nice enough to share it exclusively with Sound of Young America listeners. Please note that this is a video cast -- it can be viewed on the video iPod or on your computer.

Guests Andy Daly and Richard Montoya. Andy Daly is a former
castmember of MadTV, and a correspondent on Comedy Central's "The
Showbiz Show with David Spade." He's also invented a "hip party
game that's sweeping the nation," called "Mustache TV." Richard
Montoya is 1/3 of the legendary Latino/Chicano sketch comedy group
Culture Clash. Their newest play is "Zorro in Hell." He can also be
seen in the upcoming Jack Black film "Nacho Libre."

Guests Louis CK, Florian Keller, and Neil Hamburger. Louis CK is
one of America's best standup comics -- we talk with him about his
new kind of old-fashioned sitcom. Florian Keller writes in his book
"Andy Kaufman: Wrestling with the American Dream" that Kaufman's
work was a satire of that cherished ideal. Also, America's
Funnyman, Neil Hamburger stops in to talk about his sad, sad, sad
life.

Guests Chad Trujillo, Paul Moller, and Dippin Dots. A look deep
into the future. We talk with the inventor of the Skycar, with the
discoverer of a new planet, and with a representative of the Ice
Cream of the Future, Dippin' Dots. Plus the future of scrapbooking,
reptiles, and more, and relationship advice from The Evil Computer
Bent on World Domination.

Guests John Hodgman and Fred Rees. Is it possible to contain all
of the world's knowledge within the boundaries of one book? One
radio show? We find out here. John Hodgman can be seen on the Daily
Show, heard on This American Life, and read in his new book The
Areas of My Expertise. The book is a compendium of made-up facts
more valuable than the vastest library. Fred Rees is creator of The
Book of Cool, a DVD set (and book) that teaches you every cool
skill you need in life, from pen-spinning to behind-the-back
dribbling.

Guests Dan Piraro, Josh Kornbluth, Amanda Congdon, and Andrew
Baron. This week's show features a mish-mash of folks. Dan Piraro
is the creator of the popular newspaper comic "Bizarro." Josh
Kornbluth is a monologuist and host of "The Josh Kornbluth Show."
We talk with Josh about his show "Ben Franklin: Unplugged," in
celebration of the 300th anniversary of Franklin's birth. Also,
Andrew Baron and Amanda Congdon are the co-creators of Rocketboom,
the world's most popular video blog, or v-log.

Guests Todd Bowman and Devin the Dude. Devin the Dude is a
Houston-based rapper whose self-depracating, hilarious, and
sometimes profane raps has made him a favorite of Dr. Dre. DJ
Premier, and other hip-hop insiders. Todd Bowman is one of the
world's foremost experts on Stax Records. We talk to him about the
DVD release of the concert film "Wattstax."

Guests Fred Armisen and Brent Hoff. Fred Armisen is a star on Saturday Night Live, and he's really, really nice (funny, too). Brent Hoff is the editor of McSweeney's new DVD magazine, Wholphin. Also, music from the Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players and a comedy sketch from Kasper Hauser.

Guests H. Jon Benjamin and Demetri Martin. Jon Benjamin is best
known as the voice of Ben, the layabout son in the long-running
Comedy Central series Dr. Katz, Professional Therapist. He's also a
stage comedian. Demetri Martin is a standup comedian, former writer
for Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and the winner of the
prestigious Perrier Award at the Edinborough Fringe. He's also a
graduate of Yale University, and an NYU Law dropout. Also... how
did that dog get in here?